Aspects of Mechanism and Organometallic Chemistry

The Mechanistic Probe of Increasing Electron Demand in the Study of Solvolytic Reactions.- Arylalkyl, Arylcycloalkyl, and Arylpolycycloalkyl Systems.- Neighboring Group Effects.- ?-Conjugation.- ?-Participation.- ?- and ??-Conjugation.- ??-Participation.- ?-Participation/Bridging/etc.- Charge and Spin Derealization to the Trifluoromethyl Group.- Reaction Chemistry.- Physical and Spectroscopic Properties.- Molecular and Conformational Equilibria Studied by Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy.- Ion-Pair Formation for 1,2-Semidiones.- Use of the Semidione Spin Label to Study Conformational Equilibria.- Valence Isomerization of 1,2-Semidiones.- Sigmatropic Rearrangements Followed by the Observation of 1,2-Semidiones.- Valence Isomerization of 1,4-Semidiones.- Effects of Steric Strain on the Preparation, Stability, and Reactions of Aryl Anions and Amines.- Copper(II)-Induced Oxygenolysis of o-Benzoquinones, Catechols, and Phenols: The Active Copper(II)-Species, Role of Cupric Chloride and the General Question of Activation of Molecular Oxygen by Dioxygenases.- Copper(I) as a Catalyst for "Activation" of Molecular Oxygen.- Does Oxidation of Catechol to cis,cis-Muconic Acid Monomethyl Ester Require Molecular Oxygen?.- Nature of the Active Copper(Il)-Species in the "Cu-Reagent".- Reaction of Cupric Methoxide/Water in Pyridine with Catechols and o-Benzoquinones 151.- Mechanism of the Cleavage of Catechol with "Cu-Reagent".- On the Question of Activation of Molecular Oxygen by Monooxygenases and Dioxygenases.- Stereochemistry of the SE2 Bromine Cleavage of Tetraalkyltin Compounds in Carbon Tetrachloride and Methanol Solvents.- Selective Reductions Using Metal Hydrides.- Radionuclide Incorporation via Organoboranes.- Asymmetric Synthesis via Boranes: Chiral Allenic Boranes and Trialkylborane Reducing Agents.- The Conversion of Propargyl Acetates into Allenes and Acetylenes.- Trialkylborane Reducing Agents.- The Versatile Alkenylalanes and Alkenylboranes.- New Applications of Organomercury, -Palladium, and -Rhodium Compounds in Organic Synthesis.- Selective Carbon - Carbon Bond Formation via Transition Metal Catalysis: Is Nickel or Palladium Better Than Copper?.- The Ni-Catalyzed Reaction of (E)-l-Alkenylalanes with Aryl Halides.- The Pd-Catalyzed Alkenyl-Alkenyl Cross-Coupling Reaction.- Pd-Catalyzed Alkynyl-Aryl Cross Coupling - Comparison of Various Metals (M2) in the Organometallic Reagents (R2M2).- Scope of the Pd-Catalyzed Cross Coupling Involving Alkynyl Reagents.- Unsymmetrical Biaryls.- The Ni- and Pd-Catalyzed Cross-Coupling Reaction of (E)-1-Alkenylzirconium Derivatives.- Double-Metal-Catalyzed Cross Coupling - A Stereoselective Synthesis of Trisubstituted Olefins via Zirconium-Catalyzed Carboalumination.- A Brief Survey of the Ni- and Pd-Promoted Cross Coupling with sp3-Hybridized Reagents.- Herbert C. Brown - A Biographical Note.- About the Authors Who Were Associated with Professor Brown.- Subject Inde.